- Charlotte de La Marck
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Charlotte suo jure Duchess of Bouillon Spouse Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Full name Charlotte de La Marck Father Henri Robert de La Marck Mother Françoise de Bourbon Born 5 November 1574 Died 15 May 1594 (aged 19)Charlotte de La Marck (5 November 1574 – 15 May 1594) was a member of the House of La Marck and Duchess of Bouillon in her own right. She married into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne but died without issue.
Biography
The last surviving child of the Duke and Duchess of Bouillon. Her older brother William had died without surviving issue and as such, Charlotte became the heiress to the Duchy of Bouillon, the Principality of Sedan and various other titles.
Her marriage was arranged by King Henri IV himself. Her husband was the son of the Viscount of Turenne and Eléonore de Montmorency, daughter of Anne de Montmorency. The couple were married on 19 November 1591
She died giving birth to a son who died the same day as birth. Charlotte herself died a week after. She was buried at the Church of Saint-Laurent in Sedan. Her husband later claimed the Duchy of Bouillon as his own and in 1676, his grand son Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne officially received Bouillon and Sedan. The Bouillon line of the House of La Marck died out with Charlotte.
Issue
- X de La Tour d'Auvergne (son) born and died on 8 May 1594.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charlotte de La Marck 16. Robert II de La Marck 8. Robert III de La Marck 17. Catherine de Croÿ 4. Robert IV de La Marck 18. Robert de Sarrebruck, Count of Roucy 9. Guillemette de Sarrebruck 19. Marie d'Amboise 2. Henri Robert de La Marck 20. Jacques de Brézé, Count of Maulévrier 10. Louis de Brézé, Count of Maulévrier 21. Charlotte de Valois 5. Françoise de Brézé 22. Jean de Poitiers, Lord of Saint-Vallier 11. Diane de Poitiers 23. Jeanne de Batarnay 1. Charlotte de La Marck 24. John VIII, Count of Vendôme 12. Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon 25. Isabelle de Beauvau 6. Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier 26. Gilbert, Count of Montpensier 13. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier 27. Clara Gonzaga 3. Françoise de Bourbon 28. Philippe de Longwy, Lord of Pagny 14. Jean de Longwy, Lord of Givry 29. Jeanne de Bauffremont 7. Jacqueline de Longwy 30. Charles, Count of Angoulême 15. Jeanne legitimée d'Angoulême 31. Antoinette de Polignac Categories:- 1574 births
- 1594 deaths
- House of la Tour d'Auvergne
- House of La Marck
- French Roman Catholics
- 16th-century French people
- Duchesses of Bouillon
- French Suo jure nobility
- French nobility
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